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El heredero de la cumbia
Yeison Landero, from San Jacinto in Colombia’s Montes de María province near Cartagena, is called el heredero de la cumbia– the heir to cumbia, the inheritor of cumbia. He’s from the birthplace of...
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Charts Dec 9 2024 - Jan 5 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 JUNIORE | Trois, Deux, Un | Le Phonographe2 ANGELICA GARCIA | Gemelo | Partisan3 BONGO HOP, THE | La Pata Coja | Underdog4 DOGO DU TOGO AND THE ALAGAA BEAT BAND | Avoude | We...
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Look to the sea
Note: I've come down with an illness, so this show is postponed until January 26.Richmond's own Miramar are building a worldwide audience for their highly personal, very groovy approach to bolero, the...
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Charts January 6-19, 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 SUPER DISCO PIRATA: DE TEPITO PARA EL MUNDO 1965-1980 | various artists | Analog Africa2 VAUDOU GAME | Fintou | Hot Casa3 JUANA MOLINA | Exhalo [EP] | Little Butterfly4 CHEO...
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Charts January 20-26, 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 MIRAMAR | Entre Tus Flores | Ansonia2 SAMBA TOURE | Baarakelaw | Glitterbeat3 NOVALIMA | La Danza (Deluxe Version) | Six Degrees4 SONGHOY BLUES | Héritage | Studio...
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Certeza y incertidumbre
"Incertidumbre" (uncertainty or doubt) is the first track on the exquisite new album by Miramar, Entre Tus Flores. There are a few certezas (certainties) that come along with the album:You haven't...
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Charts Jan 27 - Feb 2, 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 SONGHOY BLUES | Héritage | Studio Mali/Transgressive2 SAHRA HALGAN | Hiddo Dhawr | Danaya3 KANKOU KOUYATE | N'Darila | One World4 ESTRELLAS DE BUENA VISTA | Live In Havana |...
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Plus de café
It's a fully caffeinated, new music focused edition of Global A Go-Go this time, headlined by funk from around the world including new tracks from Vaudou Game and Cheo, and a new reissue of Brazil's...
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Charts Feb 3-9, 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 ALSARAH AND THE NUBATONES | Mawasim Altariq : Seasons Of The Road | self-released2 MERIDIAN BROTHERS | Mi Latinoamerica Sufre | Ansonia/Bongo Joe3 GNONNAS PEDRO AND HIS...
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A conjure man with seven hands swirling
Tony Allen was "perhaps the greatest drummer who ever lived" (Brian Eno), and "without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat" (Fela Kuti). Allen, who passed away five years ago this April, is the...
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Charts Feb 10-16, 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 SANTROFI | Making Moves | Outhere2 ANTHONY JOSEPH | Rowing Up River To Get Our Names Back | Heavenly Sweetness3 ROBERTA CAMPOS | Coisas De Viver | self-released4 LA BOA AND...
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The band that speaks all African langauges
They called Benin's Gnonnas Pedro Et Ses Dadjes "the band of Africa" and "the band that speaks all African languages" because of their ability to sing in dozens of tongues and perform styles of music...
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Charts Febraury 17-23, 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 GNONNAS PEDRO AND HIS DADJES BAND | Roi De L'Agbadja Moderne 1974-1983 | Analog Africa2 LUCIBELA | Moda Antiga | Lusafrica3 EL LEON PARDO | "Cumbia Espacial" b/w "La Perica"...
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Cornershop across the border
This week (Sunday March 2, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site), it's a...
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Human nature
Nusantara Beat is one of my favorite pre-debut-album bands of the moment. They're from Amsterdam and all six members are Dutch Indonesian, either first, second or third generation. Their music most...
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Charts Feb 24 - Mar 9, 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 FLORENCE ADOONI | A.O.E.I.U. (An Ordinary Exercise In Unity) | Philophon2 SATELLITES | Aylar | Batov3 NATTALI RIZE | Liberate | Rize Nation4 ROLANDO BRUNO Y EL GRUPO...
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History of Ukraine in 5 minutes
I'm joined in Studio A this week (Sunday March 16, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at...
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Charts March 10-16, 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 MIRAMAR | Entre Tus Flores | Ansonia2 MIZIK MALADI: DISQUES DEBS INTERNATIONAL VOL. 3 | various artists | Disques Debs International/Strut3 DERYA YILDIRIM AND GRUP SIMSEK |...
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An ordinary exercise in unity
Right now, a Philophon record sounds only like a Philophon record, and like nothing else in the world. German producer and musician Max Weissenfeldt has been based full-time at Joy Sound Studio in...
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Charts March 17-23, 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 FLORENCE ADOONI | A.O.E.I.U. (An Ordinary Exercise In Unity) | Philophon2 SON PALENQUE | Rincon De Africa | OM Producciones3 WITCH | "Queenless King" [Single] | Partisan4...
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Serge Bulat in the house
I've been corresponding with Serge Bulat for about nine months now. I've played his own music on Global A Go-Go and you've heard two of his program-length mixes here as well: "Cornershop Across The...
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Charts Mar 24 - Apr 6, 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 SERGE BULAT | Phonomundi: Selected Recordings of Heritage Sites and Traditions 2017-2024 | self-released2 JULIAN MAYORGA | Chak Chak Chak Chak | Glitterbeat3 YOUSSOU N'DOUR |...
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Are you the crocodiles, gentlemen?
It's another special program this week on Global A Go-Go (Sunday April 13, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio...
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Charts April 7-13, 2025
WRIR World's NACC Top Ten1 ESTRELLAS DE BUENA VISTA | Live in Havana | One World2 EBO TAYLOR, ADRIAN YOUNGE AND ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD | Ebo Taylor JID022 | Jazz Is Dead3 RITA DONTE | Ritual | Ansonia4...
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This hustling world
WRIR's Spring 2025 Fund Drive is now underway -- right now we're deep in this hustling world, hard at work toward raising $45,000 by Friday May 2nd to power Richmond Community Radio for another six...
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